Magma Jet: This is an excellent card. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw this in Burn decks over Needle Drop. It also opens up some avenues for control decks like Izzet Control. I dig it!
Burning-Tree Emissary is an extremely aggressive creature that I think will start making RG aggro a thing. It's hybrid cost means it's also going to benefit Stompy, in terms of pushing out damage.
Mortician Beetle: I can think of many decks that will really, really like having a rare in their deck. Any "aristocrats"-style deck is going to love this! I'll definitely think about adding this to my own RG deck.
Mortician Beetle is pretty awesome and a big downshift. The only Aristocrat style deck I run wants Zombies, but this is more aggressive than Nantuko Husk and the pump is permanent, so I might have to do some testing.
Magma Jet is just an awesome card. Mono R decks love it for the card quality it grants, Izzet control likes anything that filters what it draws. This is probably as close as we will get to Electrolyze in Pauper.
Burning-Tree Emissary is crazy to see in Pauper. The last "free" two-drop we had got banned (Cloud of Faeries, although that enabled some much worse combos)
Good point about the Emissary. Is there any chance this will be abused to create infinite mana loops? I think it would be difficult considering it doesn't produce Blue mana. But... Is it possible?
Pauperganda has spoiled Augur of Bolas. I know Sea Gate Oracle can pick any card, but this costing 1 less and digging a card deeper makes it a potential replacement. I for one will be running the full four in my Dimir Teachings list.
Augur's costing one less will be a huge deal. It will be so much more effective versus aggro decks. Playing it a turn earlier could even mean the difference between winning and losing.
Looking into it there's not an infinite mana (or at least non that I can find) for BTE, but we can have a combo similar to the Battered Golem combo. It's at least a 4 piece combo though.
If we have one of the other direct damage untappers in play then we can deal infinite damage. If there's another good effect that triggers on ETB or casting then that can be included. Green and Blue have enough support to find the combo pieces, but it is a lot of pieces, so I'm not sure if it's worth it.
I'd rather just splash red to Stompy at that point. Having a few Khans gainlands to play Kird Ape and Lightning Bolt on top of one or two Mountains + BTE looks solid. Going full Gruul with Horned Kavu, Scab Clan Mauler and Keldon Marauders could also be solid. If we get a downgrade on Flinthoof Boar as well the deck could be pretty brutal.
Full spoiler is up. There's been a lot of needed reprints, but no gamebreaking downgrades. Thunderous Wrath will be super sick with library manipulation, as it's the first Red spell capable of killing Gurmag Angler on it's own while also going straight to the head if you have no targets. The most interesting ones we've got after that are Call of the Conclave, Spike Jester and Gift of Orzhova. Slime Molding could also be a thing for Murasa Tron. Falkenrath Noble would make a splash in Aristocrats if only it costed 1 less. Grixis Slavedriver is a potential reanimation target though. Color me unimpressed except for the Red miracle.
Call of the Conclave is interesting because it shows us that a Watchwolf-type creature is possible at common. We rarely see efficient stats like that. It's vanilla aspect and colour pairing lead me to believe this probably won't see much play, though.
Tandem Lookout is another interesting downgrade that's easy to miss. The possibility for card advantage is there and can be placed over and over. At 3 mana, we'll see how far it can go, but it seems decent.
Ground Assault seems pretty meh. It would have been interesting if it dealt damage to opponents.
Yeah, my friend used to run a Standard deck back in the day that would pair Tandem with Hellrider to draw a lot of cards off attacking. So we have a Curiosity on a stick now. Will this make an impact on your Horseshoe Crab deck?
Magma Jet: This is an excellent card. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw this in Burn decks over Needle Drop. It also opens up some avenues for control decks like Izzet Control. I dig it!
Burning-Tree Emissary is an extremely aggressive creature that I think will start making RG aggro a thing. It's hybrid cost means it's also going to benefit Stompy, in terms of pushing out damage.
Mortician Beetle: I can think of many decks that will really, really like having a rare in their deck. Any "aristocrats"-style deck is going to love this! I'll definitely think about adding this to my own RG deck.
Gnawing Zombie: Meh.
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Burning-Tree Emissary is very surprising to me! Now let's hope they print Lightning Mauler as a common... Although at a quick glance good friends for BTE would be Mudbrawler Cohort, Mardu Scout and Rip-Clan Crasher. There's also some good Auras like Goblin War Paint and Infectious Bloodlust
Mortician Beetle is pretty awesome and a big downshift. The only Aristocrat style deck I run wants Zombies, but this is more aggressive than Nantuko Husk and the pump is permanent, so I might have to do some testing.
Magma Jet is just an awesome card. Mono R decks love it for the card quality it grants, Izzet control likes anything that filters what it draws. This is probably as close as we will get to Electrolyze in Pauper.
Burning-Tree Emissary is crazy to see in Pauper. The last "free" two-drop we had got banned (Cloud of Faeries, although that enabled some much worse combos)
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We can use Nettle Sentinel, Cinder Pyromancer, and/or Lobber Crew for the untap when cast.
Banishing Knack and Retraction Helix to repeatedly bounce BTE then recast it with the mana it generates.
If we have one of the other direct damage untappers in play then we can deal infinite damage. If there's another good effect that triggers on ETB or casting then that can be included. Green and Blue have enough support to find the combo pieces, but it is a lot of pieces, so I'm not sure if it's worth it.
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The biggest downgrades at a cursory look seem to be Thunderous Wrath, Burning-Tree Emissary, Magma Jet and Augur of Bolas. Red got some love!
Call of the Conclave is interesting because it shows us that a Watchwolf-type creature is possible at common. We rarely see efficient stats like that. It's vanilla aspect and colour pairing lead me to believe this probably won't see much play, though.
Tandem Lookout is another interesting downgrade that's easy to miss. The possibility for card advantage is there and can be placed over and over. At 3 mana, we'll see how far it can go, but it seems decent.
Ground Assault seems pretty meh. It would have been interesting if it dealt damage to opponents.
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This was what I immediately thought of as well! I definitely believe Izzet decks got more fuel to make it become more prevalent.
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Probably! I'll have to take a look and start brewing with it again! Thanks!
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